DIY helical antenna - surprised!

Racing Quads, Self-builds & FPV
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Finally got round to trying it out… DJI V1s, caddx vista. And just the one 7 turn antenna, the others were standard dji.

Got out to 5.6km on a li ion, mbps still around 30! Could have gone further, but worried about battery.
You have to make sure you’re aiming the antenna straight at the drone, there’s a 20deg cone to work with. But I was pleasantly surprised by flight 1!

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Fantasic !! You could obviuosly still see it ! Everyone talks about VLOS but everyone has gone beyond that. There are USA youtubes where they go 10 miles ? So that’s ok then.

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Awesome. Any details on the DIY process? Sounds like the sort of thing that would be fun to try.

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